ePub: Technology for 2008
Most pubs in the UK, especially those that are part of large nationwide chains, are fundamentally process-driven. Typically, their weekly routine...
Archives for January 21, 2008
ePub: Alarms for closed pubs
Alarms these days don't just ring a bell when somebody breaks in. The latest from security company Clearway detects movement, smoke, fire, water, gas...
Fuller's plans to sell former Gales brewery site
Chiswick-based brewers Fuller's has agreed to the sale of the former Gales Brewery site in Hampshire. The brewery site in Horndean was acquired by...
ePub: Drinks orders go mobile
If there's a crush at the bar down the North Star in Finchley, the regulars don't mind - because they put in their drinks orders by mobile phone.The...
Chris Maclean: Careers in a grim industry
What advice would you give to a young person seeking a career in the licensed trade? Ordinarily I wouldn't hesitate but this week it has me...
Carlsberg's Alloa distribution depot under threat
Carlsberg's Alloa distribution centre may shut in August this year
Union demands help for Carlsberg depot workers facing sack
The trade union representing workers at Carlsberg's threatened distribution depot in Alloa is demanding the brewer plays its part in finding...
ePub: Getting tills right from the start
One advantage of starting up a new pubco is that you can make sure you have the right equipment installed from the beginning.Ribo Waring was formed...
Everards' Bremner excited by new challenges
Everards commercial operations director David Bremner has revealed that his departure from the Leicestershire brewer, announced earlier today, has...
Pubcos 'hopeful' about prospects for 2008
More than half of the UK's managed pub companies are gloomy about prospects for the first quarter of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the...
Rival bidders for S&N seem unlikely
The names of SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch and InBev are among those being added to a list of possible rivals to Carlsberg/Heineken's bid for Scottish...
Hamish Champ: S&N and the price of fish. Sorry, beer
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the management team from Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) finally sits down with the gang from Carlsberg and...
'Motorists facing random breath-testing'
The surge in the price of food will continue for at least a further two years, the chief executive of one of the world's biggest food companies has...
ALMR: Drink sales down 3.6%
Drink sales were down 3.6% over the festive period but food sales increased by 3.6%, according to a survey of Association of Licensed Multiple...
Think about accommodation, licensees urged
Licensees are being urged to "seek alternative income streams", such as accommodation, to offset the threat of the downturn in the economy. Speaking...
David Bremner to leave Everards
David Bremner, Everards commercial operations director, is to leave the Leicestershire brewer after four years. Everards' managing director Stephen...
Hall & Woodhouse sells its free trade business to Marston's
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has sold its direct free trade business to Marston's for an undisclosed sum.The brewer, whose brands include...